Hanger for quilting-frames.



PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

J. L. RENICK. HANGER FOR QUILTING FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1904.

"Witnesses:

Patented April 18, 1905.

JAMES L. RENICK, OF HARDYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HANGER FOR QUILTING-FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 787,790, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 2'7, 1904. Serial No. 218,395- I To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES L. RnNIoK. a citizen of the United States, residing at Hardyville, in the county of Hart and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Hanger for Quilting-Frames, of 'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hangers for quilting-frames.

The object of the invention is in a ready and practical manner to support a quiltingframe or the like at any desired distance above the floor, positively to hold the same against dropping, and to eflect'its loweringin an easy and certain manner.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear-as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of ahanger for quilting-frames,as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion,and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the manner in which the cords are disposed and attached to the quilting-frame, the View being taken from above in order to show the said frame.

The device embodies a support comprising an attaching-plate 1 and ahanger 2, and these parts may be either integral or, as shown in the drawings, secured together by providing the hanger with an outturned flange 3, secured to the attaching-plate by rivets 4. The attaching-plate is provided with four perforated ears 5, through which pass nails or screws to secure the device in position upon the ceiling of a room. The hanger is provided with a base portion 6 and with an offset 7 disposed at an angle thereto, these parts being by preference integral with the hanger. The base is provided with a series of slots 8, in this instance four in number, presenting thereby three spacing-bars 9, which operate to hold the hoisting cords or ropes 10 from interfering with each other in the operation of the device. The otfset has combined with it at its upper end by a hing-joint 11 a plate 12, constituting a cord-locking dog, the lower end of which is provided with serrations or teeth 13 to bite into the cords. By reason of the angular disposition of the offset 7 the normal tendency of the dog is to be out of the path of movement of the cords 10, and, further, by this angular disposition when the dog is released from the cords in the manner that will presently be described it will automatically assume the position shown in Fig. 2. The dog is herein shown as a solid plate; but it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to this precise construction, as it may be otherwise constructed and still be within the scope of the invention.

Secured transversely of the hanger 2 at a point intermediate of its length is a headblock 14, which is riveted or otherwise secured to the hanger and carries at its front edge a keeper or loop-15, which operates to confine the hoisting cords in a contracted space and also prevents any lateral movement of the cords beyond the sides of the guide. The under side of the head-block adjacent to the hanger is rabbeted at 16, the wall of the rabbet forming a stop to limit the outward movement of a series of tension devices 17, in this instance four, corresponding to the number of cords employed, the lower'ends of the tension devices being secured to the hanger by rivets 18. These tension devices are formed from pieces of flat springs and coact with the locking-dog in preventing the cords from slipping until the dog has moved upward a suflicient distance to bite or bind the cords between it and the under side. of the head-block. The tension devices are made resilient in order to prevent any tendency on the part of the serrations or the teeth of the dog from cutting the cords, as it will be seen that they will gradually yield to pressure as the dog moves upward.

Depending from the under side of the attacliing-plate and disposed on a segment of a circle are four sheaves 19, 20, 21, and 22, which are carried by yokes 23, that have a swiveled connection with the attaching-plate, thus to allow them to swing and automatically adjust themselves to the different angles the cords assume in use. a

In the use of the device the attaching-plate is secured to the ceiling, to which are also attached fourpulleys 24, 25, 26, and 27, arranged in the form of a rectangular quadrangle. The cords are passed upward between the spacingbars, through the guide 15, over the sheaves and pulleys, and have their ends finally secured to screw-eyes 28, 29, 30, and 31, arranged at the four corners of the quilting-frame 32 and severally beneath the respective pulleys. in order to cause the device to work properly and without any danger of binding or of one cord operating to the exclusion of another, the cord that engages the sheave 19 is passed over the pulley 24 and thence down and secured to the screw-eye 28 of the frame, that from the sheave 20 over the pulley 25 and to the screw 29, that from the sheave 21 over the pulley 26 and to the screw-eye 30, and that from the sheave 22 over the pulley 27 and to the screw-eye 31. The depending ends of the cords have connected with them in any suitable manner a single pull-corc 33, and upon drawing down upon this the frame will be raised, and when the desired height has been obtained the operator draws the cords against the dog, thereby causing the teeth of the same to bite into the cord, and upon permitting the frame slightly to descend the dog is forced upward and pinches or locks the cords between the dog and the under side of the head block in the manner already described. To release the dog when the frame is to be lowered, it will only be necessary to pull down upon the cords, thus releasing the dog, which will immediately assume the position shown in Fig. 2.

The device of this invention although exceedingly simple of construction will be found of the highest efliciency and durability in use and will be found to operate in a thoroughly satisfactory manner in securing the objects sought.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described comprising an attaching-plate, a plurality of sheaves carried thereby, a hanger supported by the plate, and a cord-locking dog carried by the hanger.

2. A- device of the class described compris ing an attaching-plate, a plurality of swiveled an angle to the shank of the hanger, and a F cord-locking dog carried by the offset.

4;. A device of the class described comprising an attaching-plate, a plurality of sheaves carried thereby, a hanger combined with the plate and provided with an oti'set disposed at an angle to the shank of the hanger, and a cord-locking dog hinged to the free end of the offset.

5. A device of the class described compris ing an attaching-plate, a hanger projecting therefrom and provided with a slottedbase portion and an angular offset, and a cord-locking dog hinged to the free end of the offset.

6. A device of the class described compris ing an attaching-plate, a plurality of sheaves carried thereby, a hanger projecting from the plate and provided with a slotted base and-an angular offset, a head-block secured to thehanger and carrying a guide, a plurality of tension devices disposed below the head-block, and a cord-locking dog coacting with the tension devices and the head-block.

7. A device of the class described comprising an attaching-plate, a plurality of swiveled sheaves carried thereby, a hanger projecting from the attaching-plate and provided with a slotted base and an angular offset, a head-block secured to the shank of the hanger and provided with a guide, a series of tension devices secured to the shank of the hanger and having their free ends disposed within a rabbet in the under side of the head-block, and a cordlocking dog hinged to the free end ofthe offset and coacting with the tension devices.

8. A device of the class described comprising an attaching-plate, a series of sheaves swiveled thereto and arranged in the segment of a circle, a hanger, a combined head-block and guide carried thereby, and a dog carried by the hanger and coacting with the headblock.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. RENICK.

Witnesses:

J. O. BRIGHT, S. W. BUNNELL. 

